Lennon `bed-in' memorial

London - Four couples are preparing to stage a "bed-in" in a shop window in Liverpool - home to the Beatles - as part of a 60th…

London - Four couples are preparing to stage a "bed-in" in a shop window in Liverpool - home to the Beatles - as part of a 60th birthday celebration for the group's late singer, John Lennon, shot dead in New York in 1980. The four couples will hop into their double beds on Friday and begin a lie-in competition to see who can stay there the longest.

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